View from SSE showing SSW and ESE fronts of grain store with goods station in background

Description View from SSE showing SSW and ESE fronts of grain store with goods station in background

Date 1969

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 712956

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Buchanan Street Goods Station, Glasgow The Glasgow, Garnkirk & Coatbridge Railway's line from Sighthill to the top of Buchanan Street was not completed until 1849, by which time the Garnkirk railway had become part of the Caledonian Railway. That company developed Buchanan Street Goods Station as its primary goods station in Glasgow. This view shows the remains of the station from the south east, after demolition of surrounding buildings. The buildings seen here were all probably built in the 1870s. On the right is a large grain store, probably the largest such store built in Glasgow in the 19th century. During the 1870s there was much competition between the three railway companies serving Glasgow for both passenger and freight traffic. The scale of grain traffic represented by this building is partly accounted for by the enormous horse population of the city. These buildings were demolished later in 1969. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/69/54/34

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/712956

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